My name is Heather and I am 15 years old. I have one sister and I live with my dad. I go to the Punxsy Area High School and I am in the tenth grade. When I grow up I want to be a Pediatrician because I l love to work with children. If I could have one thing in the world I would want the biggest pack of colored pencils there is because I love to draw, sometimes I draw so much that my hands turn black from shading things. Iam very easily amused person and I'm not good at concentrating on things. I would rather read a good book than watch television. I through discus and shot put in track and field its the only sport I play. I'm a very head strong person when I have an opinion on something everyone knows it. I love watching movies and talking to my friends my two grandmothers are the best people in my life and I tell them everything. I don't like when people act like there two years old just to get what they want I can't stand when people constantly tap there pencils or fingers on there desk and I really don't like talking about myself so I think thats it. Thanks for reading my page and about me.
Information on the Paper BIrch
1. Name- Paper Birch Tree 2. scientific name-Betula papyrifera 3. Organism that infects tree- Armillaria Mellea infects the trunk of a paper birch tree 4. Provides habitat or food for... (don't guess, research)- provides food for moose and white tale dear. 5. Justify classification of tree to related trees - how is your tree related to other trees in its class? What does it have in common, etc- Magnoliopsida it’s the same as the other trees in its class because of the white bark and purplish brown twigs 6. Commercial use of tree- fire wood 7. Twig characteristics- twigs are a purpelish brown. 8. Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?)- it is at risk of being imperiled and vulnerable in many states west of us. 9. Decidoius or carniferous- decidoius 10. Leaf Type- simple alternate
Poem on the Paper Birch Tree
Paper
Who is strong.
Who is brother or sister of River Birch.
Who love squirrels, birds, and bugs.
Who feels the movement of feet, the wind blow, and the flap of wings.
Who needs sunlight, water, and roots.
Who gives oxygen, food, and nutruents.
Who fears being cut down, winter, and ice storms.
Who would like to see 100 years.
Who is tall.
Who is a resident of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Birch.
Eastern White Pine
1. Name- Eastern White Pine 2. Scientific Name- Pinus Storbus 3. Organism that infects tree- Blister Rust- 4. Provides Habitat for birds and small mammals 5. Justify classification of tree to related trees , how is your tree related to other trees in its class what does it have in common with, ect.- its class is pinopsida and it is related to other tree 6. Commercil use of tree- used as a mast on sailboats, lumber, and some medicine and food 7. Twig Characteristics- it has greenish brown twigs 8. Where is the tree found in the world (native to pa?)- Maine and Missouri 9. It has 3 needles and they are arranged opposite
Marine Microbes
Activity 1: Background information
Find information that supports the following statements: 1. Microbes significantly impact our global climate. Microbes not only effect our climate they affect there own climate too. 2. Marine microbes are very small and have been around for a long time. Yes Marine microbes are small and they have been around for thousands of years. 3. Life on Earth could not exist without microbes. No we could not exist without microbes. 4. Most marine microbes are beneficial. Yes most marine microbes are beneficial 5. Microbes are everywhere. They are extremely abundant and diverse. Yes microbes are everywhere and abundant and diverse 6. There are new discoveries every day in the field of microbial oceanography.
1. When finished take a shot, or copy and paste the information about the microbe most like you. Trichodesmium erythraeum 2. View the dichotomous key provided by your teacher. Answer the following: a. How are the steps in the dichotomous key organized? They are organized by what they have in common with each other. b. What is the purpose of a dichotomous key? To help us understand how microbes are organized and related to each other c. What characteristics were used in the steps of the dichotomous key? How organized or disorganized a microbe is or whether or not it like to be with others or alone amongst other tings. d. Which bacteria are you most closely related to? solitary e. Which bacteria are you most different from? One of the one from the Eukaryotes.
Biomolecules
1. What kinds of biomolecules are in each of the food substances you tested? The food that I tested was peas and the biomolecules that I found that there was not simple sugars, but there was a presence of starch, fat and protein. 2. Do certain biomolecules have the same catalase reactions? Explain. Yes because if they didn’t then during the catalase test peas would have had different reactions to the different temperatures of hydrogen peroxide. 3. What other results did you observe in the class that can be used to make a statement of what you have learned? Even though everyone had different answers whether in absent or present in carrots and peas the answers were mostly the same. In peas there was some debate on whether there was simple sugars or not the results came out as fifty, fifty so I went with researching and I found that peas do not have simple sugars in them.
Discuss your results from the activity, discuss your analysis of the activity from the spreadsheet (what did you learn, what was surprising, what connections can you make between temperature and enzyme activity and the presence of catalase in certain food?I did peas and I found that there was no reaction in the catalase lab. Temperature is important because it has different effects on the enzymes.
Show the chart that you created.
Develop a question about the catalase activity. Create a quality question about enzymes or enzyme action, etc. Either research to find the answer or use available materials to experiment to find the answer. If you research, list your sources. If you experiment, outline your experiment and explain your results.
What do enzymes do to your food? Enzymes come from the pancreas to digest your food and help. After they are done with food they go through out you body to help get rid of irregular cells like bruises or cancerous cells.
Chromatography Lab
We got a single pigment from the leaf we used for this lab.Our Rf value was .58 the solvent front was 3.4 cm and the pigment front was 2 cm. the fact that we had something so different from the other group who had three different pigments shows that every plant is different and does not show the same chemicals as the other plant.
Light Intensity Activity
In conclusion we found that with a lower wavelength and higher light intensity you will get a better percentage of ATP.
Yeast Respiration Lab
The lab is where you take yeast a sugar solution and warm water to mix together to find the reaction it has and what kind of environment yeast prefers. Yeast prefers to be in a warm environment to cold this is because it's reaction only occurs in warmer areas. A dependent variable depends on other variables to get some of the things that it needs.Yeast is also an anaerobic respiration solution because it doesn't need oxygen to have a reaction. An aerobic respiration process is when the reaction you get does need oxygen. The independent variable is what the dependent variable depends on. The independent variables in this lab are water oxygen and the percentage of sugar solution used. The dependent variables are the yeast and the balloon. The sugar solution percentages were 3%, 5%, 7%, and 10%. Each of these percentages, even though we used the same amount of each, effected the yeast differently then the others. We saw an almost immediate reaction with the ten percent mixture, but with the three percent mixture we saw little to no reaction at all. I did the five percent mixture and there was a very small reaction created as shown in the pictures below. My circumference of the balloon was 4.75 inches. The over all volume of the gas in the balloon was 1.98 cubic inches. In conclusion I feel as though you can not get accurate volumes of gas because of the cold and that there would be a higher volume of gas if the temperature was warmer.
When first added water and yeast Ten minutes after first recording Thirty- five minutes after first recording 24 hours after first recording
Venn Diagram on Cell Respiration
DNA Replication Model
Green- adenine
Orange- Thymine
Red- Cytosine
Black- Guanine
Blue- Sugers that are Dioxyribose and phosphates
DNA is the part of the cell that makes up the chromosomes, they also hold the genes that make up your character and other things like your hair color and eye color. But DNA also replicates by steps and the beginning step is that the DNA unwound. The second stage is the split then copies are made during stage three. The fourth stage is when replications are made of part one and part to so that you come up in the end with the two side that are bonded with hydrogen bond. In the last part of DNA replication is the rewinding the two new strands of DNA.
Class Traits Lab
Focus in on 2 or more of the traits, whether they are dominant or recessive, and whether the numbers portray them as dominant or recessive.
The two traits that I will be focusing on are Ear lobes and Dimples. In earlobes you see that with more people that it actually looks like attached earlobes are dominant. In reality they are not free earlobes are dominant. With dimples it looks like they are a recessive trait. Dimples are a dominant trait though.
What statements or questions can you make about the data as well as the comparison of data between our classes and elsewhere. Doing additional research here is recommended such as chromosome location, facts about the trait, etc.
How do you tell which is recessive and which is dominant? What else is there that determines a trait other than your parents?
You will also look at 2 other traits not used on the site that we looked at in class.
You will need to determine the total of girls that have the trait/don't have and the total of boys that have the trait/don't have. You will also need to determine the total of all who have the trait/don't have the trait. In the end you will need to determine what is dominant and what is recessive (the trait that has the most numbers is not always dominant!). Doing additional research here is recommended such as chromosome location, facts about the trait, etc. Short second finger is a dominant trait but looking at the results of the class the numbers it looks like it is. Their eight girls with this trait and three boys with this trait also, there are thirteen girls and five boys in our class. In total eleven out of eighteen students have a short second finger. The no long palmer muscle trait is also dominant. Nine out of thirteen girls and three of five guys have this trait. Twelve of eighteen students in our class do not have a long palmer muscle. So having a long second finger and not having no long palmer muscles are a recessive gene.
Discuss your genotype and phenotype with one of the traits and discuss the possible genotypes of your parents/siblings. I am looking that you can identify the possibility of receiving certain alleles from your parents and that you understand the laws of segregation and independent assortment.
My genotypes and phenotypes for lets say rolling tongue is RR or Rr because both of my parents could roll their tongues. My parents could also be RR or Rr because of the genes of their parents. My sister is either RR, or Rr because she also can roll her tongue. If I was Rr that means I got the big R from one parent and the little r from another.
About Me
Information on the Paper BIrch
1. Name- Paper Birch Tree2. scientific name- Betula papyrifera
3. Organism that infects tree- Armillaria Mellea infects the trunk of a paper birch tree
4. Provides habitat or food for... (don't guess, research)- provides food for moose and white tale dear.
5. Justify classification of tree to related trees - how is your tree related to other trees in its class? What does it have in common, etc- Magnoliopsida it’s the same as the other trees in its class because of the white bark and purplish brown twigs
6. Commercial use of tree- fire wood
7. Twig characteristics- twigs are a purpelish brown.
8. Where tree is found in the world (native to pa?)- it is at risk of being imperiled and vulnerable in many states west of us.
9. Decidoius or carniferous- decidoius
10. Leaf Type- simple alternate
Poem on the Paper Birch Tree
Paper
Who is strong.
Who is brother or sister of River Birch.
Who love squirrels, birds, and bugs.
Who feels the movement of feet, the wind blow, and the flap of wings.
Who needs sunlight, water, and roots.
Who gives oxygen, food, and nutruents.
Who fears being cut down, winter, and ice storms.
Who would like to see 100 years.
Who is tall.
Who is a resident of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Birch.
Eastern White Pine
1. Name- Eastern White Pine2. Scientific Name- Pinus Storbus
3. Organism that infects tree- Blister Rust-
4. Provides Habitat for birds and small mammals
5. Justify classification of tree to related trees , how is your tree related to other trees in its class what does it have in common with, ect.- its class is pinopsida and it is related to other tree
6. Commercil use of tree- used as a mast on sailboats, lumber, and some medicine and food
7. Twig Characteristics- it has greenish brown twigs
8. Where is the tree found in the world (native to pa?)- Maine and Missouri
9. It has 3 needles and they are arranged opposite
Marine Microbes
Activity 1:Background information
Find information that supports the following statements:
1. Microbes significantly impact our global climate.
Microbes not only effect our climate they affect there own climate too.
2. Marine microbes are very small and have been around for a long time.
Yes Marine microbes are small and they have been around for thousands of years.
3. Life on Earth could not exist without microbes.
No we could not exist without microbes.
4. Most marine microbes are beneficial.
Yes most marine microbes are beneficial
5. Microbes are everywhere. They are extremely abundant and diverse.
Yes microbes are everywhere and abundant and diverse
6. There are new discoveries every day in the field of microbial oceanography.
Activity 2:
What microbe are you?
Go to the following page and complete the quiz: http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/education/kidskorner/ur_q1.htm
1. When finished take a shot, or copy and paste the information about the microbe most like you.
Trichodesmium erythraeum
2. View the dichotomous key provided by your teacher. Answer the following:
a. How are the steps in the dichotomous key organized?
They are organized by what they have in common with each other.
b. What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?
To help us understand how microbes are organized and related to each other
c. What characteristics were used in the steps of the dichotomous key?
How organized or disorganized a microbe is or whether or not it like to be with others or alone amongst other tings.
d. Which bacteria are you most closely related to?
solitary
e. Which bacteria are you most different from?
One of the one from the Eukaryotes.
Biomolecules
1. What kinds of biomolecules are in each of the food substances you tested?
The food that I tested was peas and the biomolecules that I found that there was not simple sugars, but there was a presence of starch, fat and protein.
2. Do certain biomolecules have the same catalase reactions? Explain.
Yes because if they didn’t then during the catalase test peas would have had different reactions to the different temperatures of hydrogen peroxide.
3. What other results did you observe in the class that can be used to make a statement of what you have learned?
Even though everyone had different answers whether in absent or present in carrots and peas the answers were mostly the same. In peas there was some debate on whether there was simple sugars or not the results came out as fifty, fifty so I went with researching and I found that peas do not have simple sugars in them.
- Discuss your results from the activity, discuss your analysis of the activity from the spreadsheet (what did you learn, what was surprising, what connections can you make between temperature and enzyme activity and the presence of catalase in certain food?I did peas and I found that there was no reaction in the catalase lab. Temperature is important because it has different effects on the enzymes.
- Show the chart that you created.
- Develop a question about the catalase activity. Create a quality question about enzymes or enzyme action, etc. Either research to find the answer or use available materials to experiment to find the answer. If you research, list your sources. If you experiment, outline your experiment and explain your results.
What do enzymes do to your food?Enzymes come from the pancreas to digest your food and help. After they are done with food they go through out you body to help get rid of irregular cells like bruises or cancerous cells.
Chromatography Lab
We got a single pigment from the leaf we used for this lab.Our Rf value was .58 the solvent front was 3.4 cm and the pigment front was 2 cm. the fact that we had something so different from the other group who had three different pigments shows that every plant is different and does not show the same chemicals as the other plant.Light Intensity Activity
In conclusion we found that with a lower wavelength and higher light intensity you will get a better percentage of ATP.
Yeast Respiration Lab
The lab is where you take yeast a sugar solution and warm water to mix together to find the reaction it has and what kind of environment yeast prefers. Yeast prefers to be in a warm environment to cold this is because it's reaction only occurs in warmer areas. A dependent variable depends on other variables to get some of the things that it needs.Yeast is also an anaerobic respiration solution because it doesn't need oxygen to have a reaction. An aerobic respiration process is when the reaction you get does need oxygen. The independent variable is what the dependent variable depends on. The independent variables in this lab are water oxygen and the percentage of sugar solution used. The dependent variables are the yeast and the balloon. The sugar solution percentages were 3%, 5%, 7%, and 10%. Each of these percentages, even though we used the same amount of each, effected the yeast differently then the others. We saw an almost immediate reaction with the ten percent mixture, but with the three percent mixture we saw little to no reaction at all. I did the five percent mixture and there was a very small reaction created as shown in the pictures below. My circumference of the balloon was 4.75 inches. The over all volume of the gas in the balloon was 1.98 cubic inches. In conclusion I feel as though you can not get accurate volumes of gas because of the cold and that there would be a higher volume of gas if the temperature was warmer.
When first added water and yeast Ten minutes after first recording Thirty- five minutes after first recording 24 hours after first recordingVenn Diagram on Cell Respiration
DNA Replication Model
Green- adenine
Orange- Thymine
Red- Cytosine
Black- Guanine
Blue- Sugers that are Dioxyribose and phosphates
DNA is the part of the cell that makes up the chromosomes, they also hold the genes that make up your character and other things like your hair color and eye color. But DNA also replicates by steps and the beginning step is that the DNA unwound. The second stage is the split then copies are made during stage three. The fourth stage is when replications are made of part one and part to so that you come up in the end with the two side that are bonded with hydrogen bond. In the last part of DNA replication is the rewinding the two new strands of DNA.
Class Traits Lab
- Focus in on 2 or more of the traits, whether they are dominant or recessive, and whether the numbers portray them as dominant or recessive.
The two traits that I will be focusing on are Ear lobes and Dimples. In earlobes you see that with more people that it actually looks like attached earlobes are dominant. In reality they are not free earlobes are dominant. With dimples it looks like they are a recessive trait. Dimples are a dominant trait though.- What statements or questions can you make about the data as well as the comparison of data between our classes and elsewhere. Doing additional research here is recommended such as chromosome location, facts about the trait, etc.
How do you tell which is recessive and which is dominant? What else is there that determines a trait other than your parents?- You will also look at 2 other traits not used on the site that we looked at in class.
You will need to determine the total of girls that have the trait/don't have and the total of boys that have the trait/don't have. You will also need to determine the total of all who have the trait/don't have the trait. In the end you will need to determine what is dominant and what is recessive (the trait that has the most numbers is not always dominant!). Doing additional research here is recommended such as chromosome location, facts about the trait, etc.Short second finger is a dominant trait but looking at the results of the class the numbers it looks like it is. Their eight girls with this trait and three boys with this trait also, there are thirteen girls and five boys in our class. In total eleven out of eighteen students have a short second finger. The no long palmer muscle trait is also dominant. Nine out of thirteen girls and three of five guys have this trait. Twelve of eighteen students in our class do not have a long palmer muscle. So having a long second finger and not having no long palmer muscles are a recessive gene.
- Discuss your genotype and phenotype with one of the traits and discuss the possible genotypes of your parents/siblings. I am looking that you can identify the possibility of receiving certain alleles from your parents and that you understand the laws of segregation and independent assortment.
My genotypes and phenotypes for lets say rolling tongue is RR or Rr because both of my parents could roll their tongues. My parents could also be RR or Rr because of the genes of their parents. My sister is either RR, or Rr because she also can roll her tongue. If I was Rr that means I got the big R from one parent and the little r from another.